Hi All, this thread is for you to report any errors you have found in the user guide. We know with +2600 pages there will be some and of course as the dev team works day and night it's hard to keep the documentation up to date.

However here is your chance, please list the page number and detail of errors you have found in the manual compared to the release version 15.

Peter Chamberlain wrote:Hi All, this thread is for you to report any errors you have found in the user guide. We know with +2600 pages there will be some and of course as the dev team works day and night it's hard to keep the documentation up to date.

However here is your chance, please list the page number and detail of errors you have found in the manual compared to the release version 15.

Peter Chamberlain wrote:Hi All, this thread is for you to report any errors you have found in the user guide. We know with +2600 pages there will be some and of course as the dev team works day and night it's hard to keep the documentation up to date.

However here is your chance, please list the page number and detail of errors you have found in the manual compared to the release version 15.

ERRORS discovered in the Davinci Resolve 15 Manual August 2018 as checked with Resolve Studio 15 final release software

p32 Effects Library on Fairlight Page should say Fusion Pagep35 not Fusion > Console but Workspace Consolep45 Small viewer is to the Right not Leftp51 The Workspace > Primary Display Menu option is only visible in Dual Screen Mode (In Edit page)p54 Does not describe how the Audio Mixer can be displayed on another screenp63 The Update Thumbnails right click option does not appearp72 Disconnecting Databases. The 'Reveal in Finder' is 'Open File Location'p89 User Preferences, UI Settings 'Resize Image in viewer for correct aspect Ratio' is ' .... to square pixels'p342 The option 'Show Current Frame Audio Waveform' is actually called 'Show Zoomed Audio Waveform'p349 Individual Timeline Track Resizing is done by draging top divider for Video Tracks and dragging the bottom divider for Audio Tracksp351 Toolbar . The details of the Dynamic Trim mode are missingp352 Toolbar Zoom Slider - The words about the scroll wheel do not seem to agree with what happens in practice. Scroll wheel has no effect nither doec Ctl+ and CTL-p352 Toolbar Show Audio Meters/Audio Mixer button and popup - This does not seem to existp353 To Open audio mixer click Workspace - no option of Audio Mixer is shown on menu.p354 You should also say that you can open the Scopes from the Edit page.p356 To enable Full Screen timeline Choose Workspace >Dual Screen > Full Screen Timeline - there is no Layout optionp362 The Timeline View Options is not at the Bottom Right of the Timeline.p363 Drag top of Video or bottom of Audio tracks to change heightp368 Looks like default is for playheads not to be Ganged. Options menu says Sync Playheads not Gang Playheadsp376 and 377 Viewer Transport Controls Jog bar is incorrectly described to be below the Transport controls in two placesp377 Keyboard Shortcuts Cannot get Option-L to workp377 Cannot get Previous/Next Keyframe to workp379 Play Around In Option Space does not work for windowsp380 Time code entry - Numbers appear at the top RIGHT of the Viewer not leftp383 Set In/Out whilst skimming thumbnail. Thumbnail selected range is shown ON the thumbnail not below it.p404 Tracks 2 3 and 4 are shown locked, not just track 3p411 Cannot get Linked Move across tracks to work? It needs Timeline Linking to be ONp412 The out-of-sync indicators are shown at the left of the clip name not to the right as statedp412 The video was dragged to the left in the example not to the rightp413 The symbol for linked clips is a chain not a dot as described.p422 Control Alt drag on a Video clip moves the linked audio clip. Is this a bug?p425 Menu choice is 'Show Through Edits' not 'Show Through Edits Only'p443 Edit menu 'Switch Focus to Timeline after edit' is actually 'Switch to Timeline after Edit'p445 The diagram shown dows not correspond to the description. No Music track is shown.p464 The illustration of the Marker duration is not correctp465 It looks like if you try to delete one stroke/arrow they all get deletedp470 Locate Source Viewer Clip in Media Pool Alt-F does not seem to workp471 To locate media file memu choice in windows is 'Open File Location' not 'Reveal in Finder'p491 Item 2 To return to the original timeline you need to double click the Timeline name not single click itp508 Paragraph 'During a ripple.... refers to a previous example which does not appear to exist

Got some, too:P 19, first sentence, it says "5 main pages", but there are 6.p 36, first paragraph: "The color page is divided into seven main areas [...] It's divided into seven regions." Seems like two times the same Information.p 50, last picture set, the keyframe editor, shows twice the same picture and not a before/after situation.p 176, to assign an input color space: "to more then one clip" should be "than"

p510 'For Example, if multiple clips are selected .....all six clips will be trimmed'. It would be helpful to say that this is only the case if no clips are manually selectedp515 'Ripple trim Multiple Edits ...' what is the relevance of 49 edits?p516 is 'Starting in version 12' relevant in a Resolve 15 manual?p521 Section 3 In Selection Mode pressing S does nothing. Changing the Dynamic Trim Mode by right Clicking into slip or slide does not change the behaviour. Only a dynamic move seems possible not a dynamic Slide.

p532 Transition Properties/Duration. In the Inspector, if you change the Alignment, the Duration fields change to --. Changing the Duration then appears to make incremental changes with a + and - sign and then the display recerts to --. This is not documented.p534 Transition Curve Editor works identically to the Curve Editor you can access from any clip. The Curve Editor has not yet been mentioned in the manualp534 To delete a control point .... No Delete option is offered when right clicking on the Keyframe

p548 Editing Audio using the Source Viewer refers to setting the Viewer to Audio Waveform when viewing a clip with Video and Audio - but does not say how this is done - if indeed it can be.

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Page 1590 Chapter 86 Miscellaneous nodes suggests that in the custom node the Point In 1 control is accessed via variable p1x, I have found this not to be the case, but instead in expressions in the custom node if I instead use PointIn1.X it works.

Page 1595 suggests that tan(x) is in degrees but it looks like it is in radiansI have to do tan(rad(45)) to get 1deg(atan(tan(rad(45)))) to get 45

deg(x) - The number of degrees in x radians and rad(x) - The number of radians in x degrees could be added to the documentation.

Does anyone know what the variable name is for Aspect ratio or width is?Page 1594 suggests w or ax but these don't work for me in the custom node.

smith99 wrote:Page 1590 Chapter 86 Miscellaneous nodes suggests that in the custom node the Point In 1 control is accessed via variable p1x, I have found this not to be the case, but instead in expressions in the custom node if I instead use PointIn1.X it works.

p1x is correct as of 15.0.1.003.

smith99 wrote:Page 1595 suggests that tan(x) is in degrees but it looks like it is in radiansI have to do tan(rad(45)) to get 1deg(atan(tan(rad(45)))) to get 45

tan(45) returns 1.0 for me.

smith99 wrote:deg(x) - The number of degrees in x radians and rad(x) - The number of radians in x degrees could be added to the documentation.

But those functions don't exist.

smith99 wrote:Does anyone know what the variable name is for Aspect ratio or width is?Page 1594 suggests w or ax but these don't work for me in the custom node.

Work for me (15.0.1.003).

I will note that the OpIconString for CustomTool is not Cu, but CT. This is also incorrect in the Fusion documentation.

EDIT: A LOT of the OpIconString are wrong when it comes to case. Like Replicate3D is 3Rep, not 3REP.

A general note, copy is again disabled for the PDF documentation, so I can't copy/paste errata into this message. It's super annoying and every time it's reported it gets fixed, but it's reverted back again later.

p. 2485, a typo under the description of the "Vocal Channel" Fairlight effect. What should read "High Pass" is instead spelled "Hugh Pass."

p488, not so much an error as an overly broad statement that initially confused me. Under "To create a Take Selector" the text "Right-click any clip that's not a title or generator, and choose 'Take Selector' from the contextual menu" seems to imply that you can create take selectors from audio-only clips. (e.g., different takes by a V.O. narrator.) This does not seem to be possible. Although you can get similar functionality using layers on audio tracks, that's a different feature, and maybe the Take Selector text should be qualified as "any video clip."

smith99 wrote:Page 1590 Chapter 86 Miscellaneous nodes suggests that in the custom node the Point In 1 control is accessed via variable p1x, I have found this not to be the case, but instead in expressions in the custom node if I instead use PointIn1.X it works.

p1x is correct as of 15.0.1.003.

smith99 wrote:

Yes, was mostly my misunderstanding from reading the manual on how the custom node works.

I was referring to those things on the Point/Number controls tab expressions, but things like p1x don't work on that tab, only on the intermediate tab.

p. 336 Edit Index ColumnsThere is no mention of the column "Marker Keywords".What is not logical for me is, that the content of that column is only shown if you select "Show Markers > All" from the "..."-menu in the edit index table. If you have "Show all" (the default) selected, that column never gets populated.

Also "Marker Keywords", "Marker Name", "Marker Notes". None of these filter options are mentioned in the manual regarding the edit index.

On a side note: I wonder why there is filter options for the above three but only one of them is available as column.

Hello. I thought I would read the entire manual and post all the errors after it, but I'm afraid that by that time the page numbering may change and I will have to correct my numbering. So I will post bugs found and will post new bugs as soon as I find them.

Also thanks for jokes in manual it dilutes boring technical information

228 “you can toggle individual track on and off by clicking the track number underneath” it’s not work. and “mute button, at the bottom-left of the meters. lets you disable” mute button appear only at right of the toolbar, not in audio panel.

Click a viewer and press Command-1 to resize the image in the Viewer to 100 percent. Chapter – 45 Using the Fusion Page 746 Click a viewer and press Command-F or Command-1 to reset the image in the Viewer to fit the Viewer.

those two lines contradicted each other.

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To change how thumbnails are identified:Double-click the area underneath any thumbnail to toggle among clip format, clip name, and a mystery that shall someday be solved by an intrepid team of adventurers embarking on a dangerous quest.

To change how thumbnails are identified:Double-click the area underneath any thumbnail to toggle among clip format, clip name, and a mystery that shall someday be solved by an intrepid team of adventurers embarking on a dangerous quest.

Isn't this outdated? Aren't the three options just format ["codec" in the menubar], version, and clip name?

To change how thumbnails are identified:Double-click the area underneath any thumbnail to toggle among clip format, clip name, and a mystery that shall someday be solved by an intrepid team of adventurers embarking on a dangerous quest.

Isn't this outdated? Aren't the three options just format ["codec" in the menubar], version, and clip name?

Page 556 describes "Adjusting Audio in the Inspector". However it does not show the Clip Pan control even though it is referred to in the caption.In fact the Clip Pan control in the Inspector appears to do nothing.

John Epton wrote:Page 556 describes "Adjusting Audio in the Inspector". However it does not show the Clip Pan control even though it is referred to in the caption.In fact the Clip Pan control in the Inspector appears to do nothing.

Jean ClaudeYes, the Audio Tab in the Inspector which appears after you click on the Audio Track.The Clip Pan Control is shown in the Software but I does not do anything.The Clip Pan Control is not shown in the manual.

2137 - “Node 3 manipulates the key, and Node 4 uses the key to make a color adjustment. ” - Node 4 manipulates the key, and Node 3 uses the key to make a color adjustment.

2137 - “Node 1 pulls a key, and the RGB is connected to Node 2 which is used to color correct the foreground image. The key from Node 1 is connected to the RGB of Node 3” - Node 1 pulls a key, and the RGB is connected to Node 3 which is used to color correct the foreground image. The key from Node 1 is connected to the RGB of Node 2

2139 - “A round orange RGB output” - green

2140 - “A matte attached to clip Makeup_composite.mov, as seen in the Media Pool” - A matte attached to clip Makeup_Green.mov, as seen in the Media Pool

2156 - “whether you need t““o apply an adjustment”

2157 - “leaving only Channel 2 (Y)” - leaving only Channel 1 (Y) 2163 - “to add the Alpha Output at the left of the node graph” - to add the Alpha Output at the right of the node graph

2168 - “by the OFX plugin using a Layer Mixer” - by the OFX plugin using a Key Mixer

2178 - “Note that keyframe badges won’t appear when you simply add a keyframe but only once there’s an actual keyframed adjustment being made.” - it’s not true

2180 - “OFX: Controls all parameters of whichever OFX plug-in is applied to the current node.” - OFX keyframe not available in Keyframes timeline Also forget describe Misc isolation, for what parameters is responsible?